https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/orlando-man-kills-4-kids-he-held-hostage-himself-ending-standoff-police/ORLANDO, Fla. -- A man who police say shot an officer before barricading himself in a Florida apartment killed the four children he had been holding hostage before killing himself, police said late Monday. Orlando police Chief John Mina told a news conference just before midnight that the suspect, who was identified as 35-year-old Gary Wayne Lindsey Jr., was found dead in a closet when officers entered the apartment nearly 24 hours after the standoff began.
Mina said officers tried to offer one of their phones to Lindsey, whose phone had spotty service, and saw that one of the children had been killed. Authorities entered the apartment around 9 p.m. hoping to rescue the others, but all were found dead.
The children with Lindsey were 1, 6, 10 and 11, Mina said. CBS Orlando affiliate WKMG-TV reports two of them were Lindsey's children and two were his girlfriend's. She called police Sunday, authorities said.
Mina said the children died of apparent gunshot wounds, WKMG added. It wasn't clear when the children were shot.
The standoff lasted some 23 hours, the station noted.
Officers responding to a domestic violence report were fired upon, police said. Officer Kevin Valencia was shot and was in critical condition but is expected to survive, Mina said Monday. One officer was able to return fire, the police chief said.
